Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00119 Compare Versions

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7	7		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 119
8	8		January Session, 2021
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12	12		Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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15	15		Introduced by:
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20	20		AN ACT EXEMPTING VOL UNTEER FIRE COMPANIE S AND
21	21		DEPARTMENTS AND VOLU NTEER AMBULANCE SERVICES A ND
22	22		COMPANIES FROM THE F EE FOR A CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS
23	23		CHECK.
24	24		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
25	25		Assembly convened:
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27	27		Section 1. Section 29-11 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
28	28		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 2
29	29		(a) The bureau in the Division of State Police within the Department 3
30	30		of Emergency Services and Public Protection known as the State Police 4
31	31		Bureau of Identification shall be maintained for the purposes of: (1) 5
32	32		Providing an authentic record of each person sixteen years of age or over 6
33	33		who is charged with the commission of any crime involving moral 7
34	34		turpitude, (2) providing definite information relative to the identity of 8
35	35		each person so arrested, (3) providing a record of the final judgment of 9
36	36		the court resulting from such arrest, unless such record has been erased 10
37	37		pursuant to section 54-142a, and (4) maintaining a central repository of 11
38	38		complete criminal history record disposition information. The 12
39		-	Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is directed 13 Committee Bill No. 119
	39	+	Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is directed 13
	40	+	to maintain the State Police Bureau of Identification, which bureau shall 14
	41	+	receive, classify and file in an orderly manner all fingerprints, pictures 15
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46		-	to maintain the State Police Bureau of Identification, which bureau shall 14
47		-	receive, classify and file in an orderly manner all fingerprints, pictures 15
48	47		and descriptions, including previous criminal records as far as known 16
49	48		of all persons so arrested, and shall classify and file in a like manner all 17
50	49		identification material and records received from the government of the 18
51	50		United States and from the various state governments and subdivisions 19
52	51		thereof, and shall cooperate with such governmental units in the 20
53	52		exchange of information relative to criminals. The State Police Bureau of 21
54	53		Identification shall accept fingerprints of applicants for admission to the 22
55	54		bar of the state and, to the extent permitted by federal law, shall 23
56	55		exchange state, multistate and federal criminal history records with the 24
57	56		State Bar Examining Committee for purposes of investigation of the 25
58	57		qualifications of any applicant for admission as an attorney under 26
59	58		section 51-80. The record of all arrests reported to the bureau after March 27
60	59		16, 1976, shall contain information of any disposition within ninety days 28
61	60		after the disposition has occurred. 29
62	61		(b) Any cost incurred by the State Police Bureau of Identification in 30
63	62		conducting any name search and fingerprinting of applicants for 31
64	63		admission to the bar of the state shall be paid from fees collected by the 32
65	64		State Bar Examining Committee. 33
66	65		(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 34
67	66		shall charge the following fees for the service indicated: (1) Name 35
68	67		search, thirty-six dollars; (2) fingerprint search, seventy-five dollars; (3) 36
69	68		personal record search, seventy-five dollars; (4) letters of good conduct 37
70	69		search, seventy-five dollars; (5) bar association search, seventy-five 38
71	70		dollars; (6) fingerprinting, fifteen dollars; (7) criminal history record 39
72	71		information search, seventy-five dollars. Except as provided in 40
73	72		subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this subsection shall not 41
74	73		apply to any (A) federal, state or municipal agency, (B) volunteer fire 42
75	74		company or department, or (C) volunteer ambulance service or 43
76	75		company. The commissioner shall not require a volunteer fire company 44
77	76		or department or a volunteer ambulance service or company to provide 45
78		-	proof of insurance as a condition to receiving the waiver of fees 46 Committee Bill No. 119
	77	+	proof of insurance as a condition to receiving the waiver of fees 46
	78	+	pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. 47
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86	84		(d) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 48
87	85		may enter into one or more agreements with independent contractors 49
88	86		requiring such contractors to receive and transmit by electronic means 50
89	87		fingerprints and demographic information to the State Police Bureau of 51
90	88		Identification for the processing of criminal history records checks. The 52
91	89		commissioner shall require such contractors to: (1) Collect and remit the 53
92	90		fee charged for fingerprinting, as provided in subsection (c) of this 54
93	91		section, to the State Police Bureau of Identification, and (2) comply with 55
94	92		terms and conditions as the commissioner shall prescribe to protect and 56
95	93		ensure the security, privacy, confidentiality and value of the 57
96	94		fingerprints and demographic information received and transmitted by 58
97	95		such contractors. The commissioner may authorize such contractors to 59
98	96		charge a convenience fee, which shall not exceed fifteen dollars, for 60
99	97		fingerprinting. 61
100	98		(e) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 62
101	99		may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, 63
102	100		necessary to implement the provisions of the National Child Protection 64
103	101		Act of 1993, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 65
104	102		1994, the Volunteers for Children Act of 1998, and the National Crime 66
105	103		Prevention and Privacy Compact as provided in section 29-164f to 67
106	104		provide for national criminal history records checks to determine an 68
107	105		employee's or volunteer's suitability and fitness to care for the safety 69
108	106		and well-being of children, the elderly and individuals with disabilities. 70
109	107		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
110	108		sections:
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112	110		Section 1 July 1, 2021 29-11
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	112	+	Statement of Purpose:
	113	+	To exempt volunteer fire companies and departments and volunteer
	114	+	ambulance services and companies from the fee for a criminal history
	115	+	records check.
	116	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	117	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	118	+	underlined.]
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	125	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. CHAMPAGNE, 35th Dist.; REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
	126	+	REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.; SEN. BERTHEL, 32nd Dist.
	127	+	REP. MCGORTY, 122nd Dist.
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